Bachelors/Masters

2025 Dissertation Fellowship and Sandell Grant Programs - Research on Retirement or Disability Policy

2025 Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement or disability research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement or disability issues. Individuals from historically underserved or underrepresented communities are encouraged to apply.

2024 Dissertation Fellowship and Sandell Grant Programs - Research on Retirement or Disability Policy

The Center for Retirement Research was established in 1998 through a grant from the Social Security Administration. The Center's mission is to produce first-class research and forge a strong link between the academic community and decisionmakers in the public and private sectors around an issue of critical importance to the nation's future. To achieve this mission, the Center sponsors a wide variety of research projects, transmits new findings to a broad audience, trains new scholars, and broadens access to valuable data sources.

2023 Grants and Fellowships, Retirement and Disability Policy

Steven H. Sandell Grant Program

  • Opportunity for junior or non-tenured scholars to pursue research on retirement or disability policy.
  • Up to three $45,000 grants awarded to researchers with a Ph.D. or comparable credentials.
  • Read guidelines & apply online: crr.bc.edu/sandell
  • Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

Dissertation Fellowship Program

  • Opportunity for doctoral candidates to pursue research on retirement or disability policy.

Staff Scientist Opportunities, Astronomical Data Analysis

Share in the thrill of space exploration and join our team! The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has openings for several technical appointments at senior levels in the Instruments Division to work on the Hubble and James Webb missions.Our world-class astronomical research center is based on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland. We offer an excellent and generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, flexible work schedules and a stimulating and diverse work environment.

College Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at New Mexico State University (NMSU) invites applications for a non-tenure-track faculty lecturer position at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2023. Applicants with teaching interests in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry are encouraged to apply. Primary teaching assignments will include undergraduate courses, both lecture and laboratory, and may include general chemistry.